I came across Laura El-Tantawy in an edition of British Journal of Photography (it will be added to a bibliography shortly which I'll keep updated with everything I read)
To be honest I tire a bit of photo journalism which seems to be more about journalism than photos (if I was looking for news it would be fine, but I'm not, I'm looking for photos....). However, in El-Tanawy's study of the political unrest in Egypt, her photographs are far more compelling than most that I see (to my taste anyway). She captures the movement and sense of anger, of emotion, of enrgy and the freneticism and chaos of the moment which make these great photos irrespective of the journalistic aspect.
The below shot in particular shows a great use of movement and subdued colour. You can almost smell it. Almost hear it.
I'm going to take a shot for "Move" for my assignment soon - I'd love it to look like this.
To be honest I tire a bit of photo journalism which seems to be more about journalism than photos (if I was looking for news it would be fine, but I'm not, I'm looking for photos....). However, in El-Tanawy's study of the political unrest in Egypt, her photographs are far more compelling than most that I see (to my taste anyway). She captures the movement and sense of anger, of emotion, of enrgy and the freneticism and chaos of the moment which make these great photos irrespective of the journalistic aspect.
The below shot in particular shows a great use of movement and subdued colour. You can almost smell it. Almost hear it.
I'm going to take a shot for "Move" for my assignment soon - I'd love it to look like this.
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| Crowd from above - Laura El-Tantawy |
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